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March 28, 2014

Poinsettias and Friends ~ DJKASE #15 and #16

Good Day!

Here we are whooshed around to another Fri-YAY! This is an extra long post coz I've got one booboo and two Friday DJKASEs for you today that fit into several challenges.

First up, I am delighted to be copylimenting my bloggie friend and amazing card artist Kim M. of Art Keeps Me Sane. Kim has been blogging since July 2012. She is oft published and has won many awards! I think she can best introduce herself:

I'm a SAHM just trying to stay sane by any means possible. I will pretty much try anything crafty. I have a B.A. In Fine Arts and specialized in painting. I have tried my hand at many types of arts and crafts like, stained glass, lithography, scrapbooking, rubber stamping, cake decorating, and much more. There are a lot of things I still want to try. I would have to say that my two favourites are card making and painting.

A long time ago, Kim used a poinsettia image on a beautiful card and when I commented on how much I loved it, she generously stamped off several images and sent them to me. (Another example of this kind and caring stamping community we blog in!) I have used some of the images on cards and even posted one, but I have not DJKASEd one of Kim's cards until now. Today is the day for that!

Here is the gorgeous card of Kim's that I've selected to DJKASE. She posted this card on July 28, 2013.

Kim's card

And here is my DJKASE #15 of Kim's card:

Darnell's card

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ETA: Kim has written to let me know the poinsettia image is a Jumbo stamp set by Stampendous. They still sell it on their site. Here's the link.
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I have to share with you what happened while I was making Kim's DJKASE. The card was completed, adhered, and wrapped in a bow. The only thing left to do was apply some red liquid pearl drops to the center of the poinsettia. That's when I found out that Hammy had been playing with the two-tiered lazy Susan I have for storing my liquid pearls and my reinkers.

Since the bottles are the same size and they look very similar when they are upside down, I make sure they aren't mixed up on the tiers.

So, okay, it was getting late and my focus button is out of order (see below), so I reached for the red liquid pearls and turned it over and applied a drop ...oh, no, he dinnut! Oh, yes, he did! Here is what happened to my beautiful card:

It was a lucky* thing that I had another stamped off image of the ones Kim had sent me because I don't own that stamp and I needed to cover up the booboo. Apparently, even after all these years, I'm still too dumb to finish my card front completely before I put the card together! Phew! Another save for the team! And a hamster who is having a loooong timeout on his Naughty Boy Chair!!

I'm also thrilled to be copylimenting another bloggie friend and outstanding card artist, Barb of Barb's Studio Creations. After being a well-loved cheerleader for others in Blogland for a couple of years, Barb finally started her own blog in October of last year. We were all happy to see her take that step on her own. Her blog is fantastic and her card art is divine!

Here is Barb's pretty poinsettia card which she posted on November 10, 2013:

Barb's card

And here is my DJKASE of Barb's card:

Darnell's card

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You will be doing yourself a favor to visit and follow these two lovely ladies who will provide you with unlimited inspiration!! Thank you, Kim and Barb, for following me and for all your wonderful comments of praise and encouragement! I hope you are both pleased with my DJKASE tributes!!

That's a lot of fun challenges! There were even more I found, but enough is enough!! Since there are two cards, it takes up a lot of room to show you the challenge logos, so I'm skipping them today. Please click on the links to the sites where you will find all the details on rules, sponsors, and prizes. I hope to see you in the galleries!

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I would also like to remind all of you that Mr. Linky is still open for a couple more days here on my blog, if you would like to add a birthday card for Anita's surprise party. I'd love to see more cards in the gallery!

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Bad News, Good News

The Mister and I were feeling a little punky earlier in the week. He was sneezing his head off, which was really unfortunate because he put his back out on Sunday. Nothing worse than sneezing when you have back pain! We just thought it was the beginning of his annual spring grass allergies. NOT. It turned out to be a cold.

On Thursday I woke up with the nasty thing (meaning the cold, not the Mister) and it has knocked me off my cankles. I'm sad I had to miss a wonderful milestone birthday luncheon for one of my friends. I feel like I'm walking under water and I'm not that speedy when I feel good! This post took me two days to write, for goodness sake, so please forgive me if I am tardy getting around to visit and chat with you.

The good news is that we have the granddog Duke for a couple of weeks and having him around makes us feel better! Mwah!

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy. LITS!**

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment and /or join as a follower!

Please let me know you came by, so I can be sure and return the flavor!

**Life Is Too Short!

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Click CTL + Home.Click the Home tab under my blog banner which resets the post.Click Page Down to reach the end of the post.Click Comments and the pop-up box opens.Click Jump to Comment Form; no more car pool tunnel!Mwah!

102 comments:

Goodness I can't believe I am first to comment, I am usually down there at 70! 2 amazing cards of 2 amazing crafters. And love the story, take care and drink hot today's and you won't notice you have a headache!!

What talented blog friends you have! Both their cards are fabulous and so are yours! I think I need to make a Christmas card so I have a Christmas fix! You and Mister both take good care of yourselves, I hope you both feel better soon! Healing Hugs! Christine xx

Oh I do love Poinsettias, and you chose two gorgeous cards for inspiration. You certainly did them justice too!Hope the cold goes soon (my hubby just gave me his too, not so much of the sneezing, but plenty of headache. *grump*), and I can certainly see how having such a handsome chap around the house would make you feel better! x

Two wonderful cards to case... and you made two especially successful cards and Christmas ones too am so far behind this year....A truly wonderful post Darnell even though took two days do pray you're swiftly over the nasty cold... fancy coming in uninvited like that. Gentle hugs dear friend. Shaz in Oz.x

WOW! All these cards are stunning, both of the cards you picked to CASE and your wonderful designs inspired by them.Sorry to hear you have been unwell, I hope you are feeling loads better soon.take care, hugs Sue xx

Oh Darnell, I hope you feel better soon! That nasty cold visited my house a week or so ago and it was NOT welcome. He's taken his leave of us but didn't mention he was stopping by at your house or I would have warned you. :-(. Thank you soooo much for the kind words and the fabulous case of my card! Your card turned out lovely! Both cards did! You have used your poinsettias well. :-). If you ever want more or another image I have let me know! Hugs!

I hope you feel better quickly and the visual of your hubby sneezing with back pain is not a good one. I hope he is on the mend quickly. I'm so glad you had another gorgeous image to recover from the reinker...yikes! Your cards are absolutely amazing! Your style is jaw dropping Darnell.

Hi Dee sorry you and Mr Dee ( couldn't resist that)aren't feeling that great. I have also had the dreaded lurgy ( cold/cough), hope you are both on the mend now.Great cards as always my talented friend,I es. love that scrummy vellum flower...awesome!:) hugs Viv xx

Wow Darnell, both cards are beautiful...I bet you could cover the one card up with something and still use it....can you tell I can never throw anything away...lol...but gorgeous cards anyhow!!! Hope you feel better soon, the hubs had it here too and there is nothing worse then a sick man..."nuff" said!!!

Such PRETTY poinsettias all around here Darnell, love those big blooms! Hope that hamster learned his lesson in his time out, naughty little fella. BIG get well wishes to you and the Mister, hope you both feel better soon.

Wow, the cards you chose to CASE are gorgeous and you did a fantastic job of CASEING. Grabbing the wrong thing would be easy with them right next to each other and with copycat bottoms! It's not nice to fool you. The card came out perfect though. Hope you're feeling better by now and hubby too. Cuddle on the couch with the granddog and rest up.

I love Kim's card, and your DJKASEing is beautiful too. I did a very similar thing the other day and the air was definitely a little blue! Barb's card is very pretty too and yet another wonderful DJKASEing. That is a gorgeous Poinsettia and a lovely sized bloom. Sorry to hear that you are not feeling so well at the moment Darnell, and that DH has problems also. Hope you are both returned to full health shortly. x

Two beauties Darnell - even when created through the haze of a cold - you've still got it girl! Haven't we ALL made a whoops at the very last minute on a card - mine is usually dropping an inked stamp as I finish up by stamping the sentiment inside the card - (so THAT's why so many of my cards have extra panels on the inside?!)

I love poinsettias and these are both soooo pretty! I love the bit of coloring and the berries in the center on the first card! So glad you could save it! And the vellum poinsettia is gorgeous! I've got to try that! Have a great weekend! Hope you and the Mr. are all better!

I'm back with 3 things to say. 1) I hope you and Mister are feeling better very soon. 2) Thank you for joining us at CASology - I missed the 'lucky' link there! 3) Leave it to you to have SO MANY comments that you have to figure out advice for us on how to skip all the scrolling! lol!

Darnell, you are such a lovely bloggy friend to pop over and tell me about my mention at OLS and I was delighted to see that you had also been showcased with a real stunner of a card!

While I'm here I've had fun looking around the Playhouse and how lovely these two CASEs are! Much amused at the mix up with the liquid pearls and the reinker - did van Gogh have this trouble?! (don't know why I suddenly thought of him...) Sorry to hear you and the Mister aren't feeling 100% but feel sure the Duke will soon have you both on the mend - he's adorable! Vicky x

You did an amazing job of CASEing your blog friend's cards. And, I know only too well that we can ruin a card at any time by trying to add one more thing! Been there and done that! And, sorry you and hubby are under the weather. Get well soon!

Aww, sorry to hear you're both unwell Darnell, at least you got it together and can be miserable together! Beautiful cards too, and I do a lot of glittering or liquid pearling after everything is finished too. I tired of turning my topper over to put glue on the back, and turning it over again to stick to my card only to find that the Stickles or whatever wasn't quite dry and has smudged everywhere! Anyway, if you check your front porch there might be something there already to cheer you up! Maybe, just sayin'!

Two gorgeous cards Dippy ...... any idea what the poinsettia stamp is? Sorry that Mister's been unwell and now caused you to be unwell...! Not kind eh? Hammy must be doing double time round his wheel! Sorry been MIA a bit lately only Tony due to go for major back surgery yesterday - half an hour before we were due to leave got phone call cancelling........won't repeat what was said!

Wow you are so loved and appreciated I'm sure there is nothing I can say that hasn't been said. So I'll just agree with all the comments and say WOW...your poinsettia card is awesome. Carry on GF. Hugs Carole

It sucks to hear that you and the Mister are suffering from colds. Hoping you both feel better soon. Good thing your granddog is there to make it all better! Your cards are amazing as always! Good save on the first one! That Hammy can really be a PITA!

Hot dog those are some fantastic creations!!!! I've made mistakes like that too, mine is usually dropping something on my card right before being completed - sigh! We are sick over here too :( Thanks so much for playing along with us at Merry Monday.

Gosh, Darnell, I hope you are feeling better! I think your card is stunning and I am so glad you had another image with which to work...so sad about the reinker!! We have all had those kind of oopsies! Thank so much for playing with the Merry Monday challenge this week!

Hey there pal! I do hope that you and Mister are feeling better! I'm sure that grand dog Duke is THE best medicine!

Two amazing cards! This poinsettia truly is beyond gorgeous! A finer presentation of this lovely image would be hard to find! I love the subtle shading along the leaf veins in your first card and the bit of green that you added to the leaves in the second card!

First, your cards are gorgeous boo boo's and all. I have done that very same thing but I too have never learned from that. So sorry to hear you and Mister are walking under the weather, no fun at all. Sending well wishes to both of you.

Oooh Darnell I love the poinsettias - especially the translucent one! So stylish. It's a beautiful flower, isn't it, and you've more than done the stamp justice.

Sorry to hear you and the Mister have both had the cold - I had a throat infection at the end of Feb. and am still coughing, although not so much now, thank goodness - quite exhausting. Hope you are better soon.

thanks for your visit and your lovely comment - very nice to hear from you again! I haven't been on WOYWW every week but try and get there when I can. I'm so glad you like my Zentangle teabag stain art - love your suggestions and have already decided to do just that. They are fun to do but you do need a magnifier if your eyes aren't going to go squiffy!

Love your cards and those you DJKased - especially that dreamy vellum poinsettia. I can go relate to the bottle mixup - I had Glossy Accents and Alcohol Blending Solution on my table and reached for the Glossy Accents and instead of a little dab of glue coming out I poured alcohol blending solution all over my alcohol inked and collage stamped background. I did my best to cover the worst bits with embellishments but I've learned my lesson - don't have the two on the desk at the same time !!!

Do hope you and the mister are feeling loads better even sooner than soon, Darnell! Both these cards are simply lovely ... gorgeous gentle shading on the first and wonderful delicate vellum with a hint of green on the second ... awesome DJKASEs! Hugs, Anita :)

So now you and the Mister both sound like you're from Wisconsin, eh?! All nasaly...JK. Drink plenty of fluids, eat chicken noodle soup, and get plenty of rest. NO housework!!! Then feel better really fast! Two beautiful cards. Love those pointsettias. And vellum! You so rock! Big hugs, Bev

Darnell, both cards are gorgeous...don'tchya love it when someone "mucks" with the crafty goodies?! NOT...lol Great recovery of the card though - it's gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week xoxox Feel better soon :)

Both cards are absolutely beautiful Darnell and both winners in my book! :0) Glad you were able to make the save too with the first one, and also glad to hear that I am not the only one who does stuff like that...grrrrr! Hope you're feeling better soon too. Take care! :0)

Firstly, I want to say 'Thank You So Much' for all of your lovely comments, and for choosing to CASE my card! This was such a nice surprise, Darnell! And, it's no surprise to me that your card is so much more beautiful than mine...and that's the truth! I also love your CASE of Kim's card, too! How sweet of her to send you some stamped images, too! Thank heaven you had an extra so you could create a new one!

I'm so sorry that you and the Mister have been under the weather (I wonder who made up that saying?)...I hope you get lots of rest so you can get back to your ol' self! Thank you so much for another wonderful post, and for always making me smile :-)

Such a gorgeous card, Darnell! Love, love, love the beautiful vellum poinsettia! Well done! Hope you & the Mister feel better soon. It's been going thru my house too and thankfully everyone is starting to feel better! Take care & thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Mondays! :)

Gahhh...the internet connection in our vacation abode is sketchy, so my comments are late! Still, wading in at #86 to echo the others, first with wishes for 'feel better speedily" to you and the mister, and second, to applaud your cards. The soft shading on the first and the vellum with a whisper of green on the second = GORGEOUS! Your DJKASEs rock! Hugs~c

Well, first I must say that both of your cards are just gorgeous, Darnell! If it makes you feel any better, I'm still too dumb to make assembly my last step too! And as a result, last minute blotches, stains, smudges, etc happen frequently! Still haven't learned though!! Don't know how many more disasters it will take!

Sorry for this late comment Darnell, we changed internet supplier, need I say more!!! Any way Kim's card is gorgeous and you have DJKASEd it beautifully, but I love! how you DJKASEd Barb's pretty card. Vellum and this stamp were made for each other. Hope you and the mister are feeling a bit better.Hugs Lottie x

Oh I hope you feel better by now. Seem like everyone is sick with that cold ..glad I can visit with now risk of catching it. Love your gorgeous card and I do me gorgeous! Haha ,I am so glad the nasty thing is not the mister.

Oh, Darnell, I'm so sorry that your first card got messed up a bit due to your hammy. :) That sounds exactly like something that would happen to me, except mine is my big fat calico long-haired cat! lol Your card looks beautiful and I'll bet you could do something to be able to fix the messed up one because it is just too pretty to throw out! Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM. :)

Kim's card is gorgeous and you done did it proud. I can see why you wanted to copyliment it. And such a naughty Hammy! Also, I mistook reinker for eye drops once. I saw it coming so I only managed to get it on my face, but yeah..... DON'T make that mistake. I love poinsettias on vellum so the second card is a big winner too! Woot!

Hope you are all better now! I'm over the cold but it went into my lungs and I'm asthmatic so I probably have few more days of hacking, wheezing, and sucking on the "peace pipe." I feel so much better! Now if I could only catch my breath!

I am thinking you might just get me motivated to start my Christmas cards!! I am totally in love with both cards! I love the simplicity that really makes both so elegant. Thanks for the links. I am now following those wonderful ladies blogs too!!

Hi, Darnell!!I've been away from Blogland for a full two weeks spending all my spare time knitting and crocheting and falling behind on blogvisits terribly!! I'm busy catching up on what I've missed out on, so I'll be visiting all 11 posts you have done while I've been 'away'!! Can't wait to see what you have been busy with!!I'm sure that by this time you and hubby are both better and hopefully feeling 100%! Both the DJKASE cards of you are beautiful!! Enjoying working with vellum so much lately myself, I really like your vellum poinsettia!! And oops for the booboo - terrible when that happens, hey!! Lovely cards!!

I know that its been a month since you posted this - but I do hope your cold is better. I'm entering my third week of coughing and I have friends telling me that their crud is lasting five weeks...yuk!

I've made a lot of mistakes on my cards, but I don't think I've ever mixed up a reinker and liquid pearls. But they are the definitely the same size and shape, aren't they? I can't imagine how you felt when one of your special "limited-edition" images was ruined.

I absolutely love your use of vellum with the poinsettia. It is such a delicate look and beautiful look!

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I have been stamping and making cards since 2002. I've been married 47 years to Kevin, known herein as "Mister." Our son Daniel and his wife Rachel have twin sons Henry and Adam. Card-making and blogging are wonderful hobbies which have brought me noodles of friends! Oh, and I have an imaginary hamster named Hammy who keeps me in line. Thank you for visiting, joining, and commenting! It will be my pleasure to return the flavor!!